For businesses large and small, relying on a cloud-based collaboration and productivity suite such as Microsoft Office 365 is becoming the norm. Enhancing productivity in your organisation is vital to get ahead in 2017 - and using Office 365 can help, if it's used right...

Company offers telephony tool to forces personnel deployed overseas

Google is adding a new feature to its Voice telephony service in the hope of
making life easier for members of the armed forces stationed overseas.

The company is streamlining the Voice signup process for members of the US
military with an active .mil email address, and allowing family members to set
up accounts for soldiers who have already been deployed overseas.

Google Voice will also allow soldiers to send and receive voice messages
online.

"For servicemen and women who are constantly on the move, having a single
number and an easy way to retrieve messages from loved ones can be invaluable,"
wrote US Army sergeant Dale Sweetnam, Google's 'military fellow', in a
blog
post.

"While you live and work in a different world, everyone else moves on with
life back home. Your family and friends keep moving, and this sometimes means
it's just not possible for them to stay awake until 2am to receive a phone call.
"